Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-02-10
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name of Smith In Bourbon county, Ken
lucky,
Gov. bee Of Virginia is credited witt
BENG the champion checkcr-player Of
the South
|. The Interesting assertion comes from
Iaris that in the last year the dogs there
killed 10000 rats.
The wine makers of Los Angeles, Cal,
have decided to send someone to Wash,
ington TO secure needed legislation.
An ordinance requiring the removal
Of all swinging signs from tho streets oil
Baltimore. Md, has gone into effect
In New York city there are said to b,
5000 families who receive help from
charitable associations and the city.
In the stomach bf a bullock killed O
few days ago at Adm. Cal; were found
horseshoe halls, screws, bolts, and
tacks.
1t is claimed that San Diego county.
California. is raising raisins that can
compete successfully with those pro
duced in Spain.
Mayor Hodges OF baltimore saws {
true Mafylnhder wciilti halt 6htslde tht
gates of Paradise TO eat dozen raw
Chesapeake oysters.
w. G. Deshler. millionaire banker
OF Columbus, o.. has presented the Wo
mems Benevolent Society of that city
with cheek for 100000,
AS proof of the Democratic tendencies
now ruling in royal Britain II is sait
that Miss Gladstone danced recentlS
with her fathers c0achihah,
The house OF Mrs Hicks-Eord. il
New York, looks like big bric-a7 brat
store inside. She sets out very strong
punch ut her entertainments.
Ex-Empress Eugene is now at villa
just out of Naples, in such close retire
meht that even her nearest friends have
difficulty in securing admission to hel
presence.
The need of a strong leader in Franc.
to-day is made plain by the enthusiasm
aroused by Gambetta's name and by
the praise lavished upon him by former
enemies,
Congressman Tillman, OF South Caro-
lima, never wears mn overcoat, and in
unbuttoned. He is sixty years old and
in good health:
The amateiir dramatic Company o.
Pclouse City, w. T.. broke up in fighi
with guns and knives because it coul d
not be deci,!cd which one of three men
should play Macbeth.
Queen Victoria never eats any but
stale bread. This, however. is believed
to be more a matter of tnstc than necess.
ity. she is probably able to buy fresh
bread if she desired it.
There is dog at Magog. Quebec,
that viii mount The tnboggan sled. 90
down the slide, draw the Sod back, and
90 down again as MANY times rs his
owner commands him.
Jordan Il. Noble. he drummer boy al
the battle OF Nsw Olrans IN 1915, and
n veteran OF The NJ xican War, is
still living in Nrw Orr ans He is 81
years old. aud quite iniirm
Miss Bessie White. who. by the dccis-
ion of X njucky couri, is aliawed to
dispense medicines III that state, is a
sister Of * Congressman White, of Ken
lucky. aud is Il profound mathema-
tician.
A tunnel twelve miles long is TO be
run in Nevada county, California. for
the purpose Of draining certain mines
in tina, section. A company with 81
000.030 capital has been formed to do
the work
John West. colored. Tho in his time
had been slave, Il doctor. and Il
preacher. and who was the oldest man
in Hunierdon county. died nj Lambert
vile, n. j., re emily. aged 97 years. He
was born II Raleigh.
One of the most sltece sful commercial
travellers in York state is Il negro. He
knows his business thoroughly. is re-
spected by all who know him. and, &c
far as known. is the only colored drum
mer in the country.
In Eastern Europe politics is in its
usual state of deep complication. The
report that the Czar's mind Is affected is
generally accepted rs true, and any sort
of an explosion may be expected in that
autocratic quarter.
John G. Calhoun. grandson of the
great South Carolina nullitier, is the
second largest cotion-planter in the
United States He was Captain in
the Confederate Army at Is, and is now
only Al years of age.
Levi p Morton's sign. put up when
he conducted tailor shop and dry
goods commission business in Hanover,
N. H.. is Still visible 10 The students OF
Dartmouth College us they take their
wa'h, through that village.
Mrs. John G. Miller, of Kcvsville, Mo-,
has a ship biscuit whiu;. u Is sait, was
brought from England in 1880. and
which has been handed down from gen.
Grafton to generation. 1t is kept in a
glass bottle. and is rs hard rs stone.
Mrs. Catherine Mccoy, an aged,
blind, and very poor widow who lives
in Huntington County. Pennsylvania.
claims hat she has in her possession
indisputable evidence TO prove that she
is second cousin of George Washing
ton.
Charles +. Grover. late Division Su.
pcrintcndcnt of the Boston & Albany
Railroad, began service on that road as
watcrboy on a train. But this is by nc
means the only instance in which rail-
road men have risen to place and wealth
through water
The Emperor of China is the shortest
monarch in the world. being only five
feet tall; the Emperor William OF Ger
many is the tallest. being just six feet;
Prince Albert Of Germany, nephew of
the Emperor. is six feet six inches tall
the Emperor of Russia is nearly six feet.
The feasibility of using the telephone
upon moving trains especially where
the traffic is not crowded. has been sat
isfactorily demonstrated by experiments
upon thirty-three German railroads. On
heavier lines. il appears, the telephone
has not proved sufficient for the pur-
pose. and has been used as an auxiliary
to the telegraph.
Ben Ahmar was recently rewarded
with the cross of the Legion of Honor
for bravery us lion-killer. In Algeria,
in twenty-six years, he killed over 200
lions. One lion is estimated to destroy
10000 francs worth of capital annually
and to keep it up for ten years at least;
so the lion-klller saved Algeria about
10000, 900 francs.
An inebriated prisoner, on being led
into San Francisco police court, de-
clared that he could "buy out this old
prison. and as he spoke he slammed 3
big sack of coin on the prison-keeper'